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J. HUGYIK.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20,1912. Patented May 21, 1912,

8 H I 1 H j S n I R n mm $5 H l u H 1 J n 1 r n u #6,. m U r AW /w 4 IWITNESSES BY ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA FLANOGRAPQ CO.,WAHINGTON. D. C.

JOHN HUG YIK, OF N'OKOMIS, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented May-2 1, 1912.

Application filed J'anuary2q, 1912. Serial No. 672,270.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, JOHN HUGYIK, a sub ject of the King of Hungary,residing at. Nokomis, in the county of Montgomery and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steps, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to steps, and the primary object of my inventionis to provide yieldable steps that can be advantageously used inconnection with passenger cars to prevent burglars from entering thecars.

A further object of this invention is to furnish steps with ejectorsthat can be 0perated to eject a person from the steps.

I attain the above objects by a device that has been primarilydesignedfor passenger coaches, the device comprising yieldable stepsthat can be readily ascended when a passenger coach is not in motion,but when in motion the steps are vibrated to that extent as to render italmost impossible for a person to jump onto and ascend the steps.Besides resorting to the use of yieldable steps for preventing trainrobbers from jumpin on a train as it leaves a station, I use the'ejector in connection with each step and should the conductor orbrakeman observe a suspicious person upon the steps, the ejectors can beoperated to engage the limbs of a person and force the same from thesteps whereby the person will be precipitated to the ground.

The invention will be hereinafter specifically described and thenclaimed, and reference will. now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1is a vertical sectional view of risers 8 that extend downwardly in frontof the supports 5. The ends of the treads 7 having guide pins 9extending into slots 10 provided therefor in the wall 2 and the stepframe 3, said pins preventing accidental dis placement of the treads.Pivotally mounted in the end Wall 2 and the step frame 3 by pins ortrunnions 11 are inverted L-shaped ejectors 12 corresponding in lengthto the risers 8. These ejectors are arranged upon the inner edges of thetreads 7 and normally engage the risers 8. The inner sides of theejectors 12 are provided with apertured lugs 13 pivotally connected, asat 15 to an operating lever 16, the lever 16 extending through a slot 17in the platform 4 and is pivotally connected by a pin 18 to a bearing 19located upon the platform 4 adjacent to the end wall 2.

By operatingthe lever 16 the ejectors 12 can be shifted to knockor-force a persons feet off of the steps and it will be extremelydiflicult for a person to hold on to the car,

when the same is in motion, without any footing. The yieldable stepsmake it extremely difiicult for a person to ascend the same when a trainis in motion and as a.

person has not a sure footing, it is an extremely easy matter to ejectthe person by operating the lever 16. What I claim is 1. In a railwaycoach, the combination wit-hthe end wall, platform and step frame of acoach, of tread supports connecting said end wall and said step frame,spring supported yieldable treads carried by said sup ports, ejectorspivotally mounted between said end wall and said step frameabove therear edges of said treads,-a lever pivotally supported by said platform,and rods pivotally connected to said lever and to said ejectors wherebysaid ejectors can be 0perated by a movement of said lever.

2. The combination with a railway coach,

having an end wall, a step frame, and aand said step frame above therear edges In testimony whereof I afix my signature of said treads andnormally engaging the in the presence of two Witnesses. risers of saidtreads, a lever pivotally mounted upon said platform and extending JOHNHUGYIK' below said platform, and rods connected to Witnesses:

said lever and said ejectors whereby a move- GEORGE TENDZELOSKI,

ment of said lever will move said ejectors. D. H. Znrr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

